MobileViews.com Podcast

MobileViews 512: Microsoft Copilot+ PCs - talk me into or out of buying one

I'm joined by Steven Hughes, Sven Johannsen, and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We mostly discuss a single topic: The recently announced Microsoft Copilot + PC concept. We also briefly discussed Windows AutoPilot V2 and .NET/Developer announcements.

MobileViews Podcast 511: New Apple Gear; OpenAI ChatGPT 4o, Google I/O

Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelists Sven Johannsen and Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discuss:

• Todd's 7th areawide power outage in 2024
• Insta360 X4 360-degree camera initial thoughts
• Initial impressions of new Apple gear after less than a week of use: M4 iPad Pro, Apple Pencil Pro, Magic Keyboard
• Apple announced eye tracking accessibility feature
• OpenAI ChatGPT 4o

MobileViews Podcast 510: Apple May 7 event announcements discussion

Jon Westfall and I are joined by Sven Johannsen for this post-May Apple 7 product announcements discussion.

• SimCity inducted into the World Video Game Hall of Fame
• Email from Google saying Find My Device network will be fully launched on May 13
• Products that we hoped Apple would announce but did not: iPad Mini, iPad speaker dock (similar to Pixel Tablet dock), AirPods Pro 3 with more biometrics, Colorimeter built into the new Apple Pencil Pro
• Apple surprises: iPad Pro lost the wide angle camera lens, the iPad Pro is too thin - would have preferrred large battery with longer battery life
• Things we're looking forward to at the June Apple WWDC event: A "smarter" Siri; iPad OS 18 gaining a "real" file system
• Google I/O will be on May 14. No new hardware products expected (or already announced). So, will this be an all-AI/only-AI event?
• Sven's new gadgets: OSMO Pocket 3 Desktop Stand, Pocket 3 Microphone Stick; Belkin iPhone MagSafe Mounts for MacBooks, Desktop/Displays, and Apple TV 4K; USB Conference Speakerphone

MobileViews Podcast 509: BASIC turns 60; Randy Travis AI-voice; AI gadgets

Jon Westfall and I are joined by Don Sorcinelli for this podcast. We discuss:

• The BASIC programming language is 60 years old
• Randy Travis has a new song that used AI to create his singing voice
• Reviews of the Humane AI Pin and Rabbit AI hardware are coming in and the reviews are not good
• Microsoft's Edge browser has an integrated speed test tool that uses Ookla's Speedtest engine

MobileViews Podcast 508: Surprising gadgets/services that we found useful/fun

In this podcast, Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Google Meet recording mode works when using a Chromebook
• The wild world of researching which vlogging/action camera to buy
• Open ear earbuds: Rethinking what I want from noise cancellation
• Apple's May 7 "Let Loose" event
• Monarch Money
• Products/servers that were not on our radar but turned out to be useful/satisfying
• Recent product misses

MobileViews Podcast 507: The AI Divide? So long to the Z80; DJI OSMO Pocket 3 Combo

Jon Westfall and I are joined by frequent guest panelist Sven Johannsen for this podcast. We discussed:

• Using Google Meet to record a three-person podcast
• Upcoming changes to the Google One subscription package
• Google Magic Editor will be available to more Pixel devices soon
• The end of the line for the Z80 microprocessor: 1976 - 2024
• Discussion: The AI Divide?
• Sven's gadget picks:
  • DJI OSMO Pocket 3 Combo
  • MOVO Mic Handle

MobileViews Podcast 506: Bye bye Google One VPN

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• Day 430 since the release of the most recent iPad Pro model. Still no new iPads
• More on recording podcasts using Google Meet
• Google discontinuing Google One VPN service
• Google Photos AI tools will be available to more than Google Pixel uses and Google One subcribers
• Thoughts about the Google Pixel Tablet 9 months after its release
• Microsoft testing shows advertisements in the Windows 11 Start Menu

MobileViews Podcast 505: Google Meet to record podcasts; CMF by Nothing Watch Pro; Apple Robot?; Upside of Tech

Jon Westfall and I recorded this podcast using Google Meet's recording feature for the first time. Although its audio quality is quite good, I post-processed the audio using Adobe Podcast Enhance.

In this podcast, we discuss:

• Gaining Google Meet recording feature after upgrading to the Google One 2TB subscription tier
• Thoughts about starting to publish  short video podcast segments
• CMF by Nothing Watch Pro
• An Apple Robot???
• Beautiful.ai GenAI slide creator
• The upside of tech

MobileViews Mini-podcast 44: Initial attempt to use Google Meet to record a podcast

Paul Lawler helped me test using Google Meet to record a podcast using its built-in recording feature. It was supposed to be a 3 to 5 minute effort. Unfortunately, one of the extensions in Google Chrome blocked video from me and audio from Paul to me. Fortunately, it occured to me to run Google Meet in a Chrome Incognito window which would not have any extensions. This worked. However, we noticed well into the mini-podcast recording session that Paul's video was not transmitting. This was fixed by his turnng video on his end off and then back on.

This was not exactly a frictionless exercise. Fortunately, it was a valuable learning exercise. We also discussed the friction involved in using Microsoft Teams, Zoom, Apple Facetime, Descript, Riverside.fm, and Adobe Podcast Studio beta to record podcasts with remote participants.

MobileViews Podcast 504: When should kids get tech gadgets? Happy 20th b-day to Gmail; Bye-bye Google Podcasts

In this podcast Jon Westfall and I discuss:

• The upcoming solar eclipse on April 8
• Gmail's 20th birthday
• So long to Google Podcast
• Canva buying Affinity
• Discussion: What is the appropriate age for kids to have access to technology/gadgets/screens?